Alex Hohol

Webquest
 How many Academy Awards did the movie West Side Story receive?
10 Academy Awards
o What were they?
Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best
Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Best
Picture, Best Sound
 What genre is this film categorized under?
Musical, Romance and Drama
 What is the difference between a musical and a drama?
Drama is acting out a scene while musical is a scence where the act goes with the
music
 What year was West Side Story produced?
1961
 What is the plot of West Side Story?
Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love
 How does this plot relate to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” plot?
Romeo and Juliet come from families that are rivals as to these two youngsters
from rival gangs
 At the end of the Plot line, click on Full Summary to answer the following
questions…
o Who are the Jets and what was their ethnic background?
White Jets are a gang and their ethnic is white
o Who are the Sharks and what was their ethnic background?
The Sharks are the other gang and they are Puerto Rican
What time era is the movie depicting
1950s

Where does the story take place?

it takes place in New York

How many films did she appear in as a child actress?

Less than 18 films

What famous movie did she star in when she was 11 years old that is still a classic today?
Miracle on 34th Street

What three Oscars was she nominated for?

Best Actress in leading role for Love with the proper Stranger, Splendor, and Rebel
without a cause

How old was she when she died?

43

She was the very first performer to accomplish, what?

First Hispanic to win an Oscar

What were some of the better pictures she appeared in?

Singin in the Rain and The King and I

What award did she receive for playing Rita Moreno in West Side Story?
Won an Oscar as best Supporting Actress

How old was he when he traveled to New York hoping for a Broadway break?
24 years old

What awards did he receive for West Side Story?

Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

What is he doing as of February 2002?

Making Jewelry

When was the Old Globe Theatre built?

1576

How would the Globe announce their plays?

Sound of a trumpets

How did the actors get their lines and rehearse?

They had zero time to rehearse

Was William Shakespeare an actor?

Yes he was

The Globe audiences were determined in 3 categories…how much did they pay and
where did they sit?
o Groundlings
Pay 1 penny to stand in the Pit of the globe theater
o The Gentry
Pay to sit in galleries often using cushion for comfort
o The Rich Nobles
Watch the play from a chair set on the side of the Globe itself
Is the Globe Theatre still in existence? Why or Why not?
NO, because under the force of the Puritans, the English Parliament issued in ordinance
suppressing all stage plays in the theatres

Why do we call it the Old Globe Thearte?

There is a New One